Peppermint Grove Beach

18.9% of Peppermint Grove Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

146 family households lived in Peppermint Grove Beach; 34.9% were couple families and 7.5% were one-parent families.

39.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

Peppermint Grove Beach had 518 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 95.9% of occupied private dwellings in Peppermint Grove Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

41.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

41.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Peppermint Grove Beach had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 20.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 51.1%, while 20.7% had four or more usual residents.

7.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

66.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 27.8% of the total.

70.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.0% reported a different address.

19.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

1.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

19.9% of Peppermint Grove Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.8% of ancestry responses in Peppermint Grove Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

23.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.7% of workers, and education and training employed 11.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

33.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

61.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 1.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.5%.

Median household income was $1,862 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $359 per week.

Working from home was 7.8% in Peppermint Grove Beach, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 41.2% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 17.6% in Peppermint Grove Beach, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.